Academy for skills acquisition debuts

APPARENTLY to bridge the unemployment gap among youths in the country , an Indian based training and development multinational organization, Centum Learning in partnership with the International Data Management Services (IDM) has launched Centum International Academy. Speaking at the launch in Lagos recently, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director, Centum Learning Sanjeev Duggal said: “The launch of Centum International Academy reiterates our vision to groom youth to develop vocational skills beyond India. By partnering with IDM, we will enable youth to acquire employable skills and thus generate income through regular employment or self-employment in Nigeria.” In the same vein, Chief Operating Officer(COO) – Professional Education & Training, Centum Learning, Kamini Prasad ,said, “Centum International Academy is running successfully in Banglesh, so taking cognizance of the Nigeria market, we decided to tie up with a partner of international repute to offer quality education to students in the vocational education space.” The Academy will offer high end vocational education programmes in various professions and equally “bridge the existing gap between the academia and industry requirements with its robust learning methodology, cutting edge courseware and best in class faculty.” In addition, the partnership will provide short term and long term programmes covering vocations such as mobile repair, mobile engineering, telecom Call Centre executives, programmes for customer service executive managers for various industry segments (banks, insurance, IT product & services, telecom services, retail, logistics, etc), BPO services executive, hospitality etc. In the second phase, it will cover other conventional vocational training too.” The course from the academy will be both short term certificate course as well as long term Diploma courses. Chief Executive of IDM, Mr. Atul Kshetry said that IDM has established an international quality Voice based customer care centre in Abeokuta that is offering employment to over 1,000 persons in the region. The centre currently caters to the Nigerian Telecom industry. Such customer service centres require specialized skills that are very different from that offered in conventional schools and universities. Country head of Tower Group of Companies and the Managing Director of IDM, Chief J.C. Dugad, added “The venture is part of the Tower Group’s commitment to the development of Nigeria youth. He added that under the agreement, IDM shall enable a chain of Centum Learning academy centres across Nigeria and Ghana while Centum Learning would provide best in class content, conduct train-the-trainer at regular intervals, audit and will certify candidates jointly with IDM.”

Adeniyi Adunola